Guest Post: The Best Fruits To Make Your Skin Shine With Youth

Summer is the time of year when we all focus a little more on our looks. We eat lighter, we work out more, we try to get a little color. I for one am known to turn right to smoothies as soon as the temperature hits 75 — the cool, sweet, fresh fruit hits the spot every time. And it’s good to know that there is a real benefit to eating fresh fruit, and the people over at www.agingfit.com are sharing with Pushing Thirtyy readers the best fruits to keep you looking young. Check out their site for even more tips.

It only takes a single stroll down the beauty aisle to realize that if there is one thing we all want in this world, it is youthful looking skin. If the amount of products were not overwhelming enough than the constant marketing campaigns and exorbitant price tags are certainly capable of exhausting anyone who is looking for younger skin.

Luckily, as she typically does, mother earth provides natural ingredients that provide the same results as their costly, manufactured counterparts. And the good news is, all you have to do is eat them. The best fruits to make your skin shine with youth are listed below. So what are you waiting for? Get to a market near you to start reaping the natural and inexpensive benefits of the fruits of the earth!

Berries of All Shapes & Colors
Strawberries, blueberries and even blackberries can provide the same antioxidants as the beloved green tea, giving your skin a more youthful appearance. Antioxidants kick out the skin sagging agents that ravage your skin each day, including the environmental components you pick up during your commute.

Citrus Fruits
Lemons and oranges can provide an exceptional source of Vitamin C, which operates as a form of collagen to the skin. Their consumption will help reduce lines and wrinkles, while boosting a youthful glow.

Avocados
Ah, the wonder fruit. Avocados provide complex B vitamins to level the skin’s tone, diminishing the appearance of red or inflamed patches that even make-up cannot cover. What’s more, with its continued consumption, you may not even need make-up at all. This is good news for the guys!

Mangoes
Mangoes provide an excellent source of Vitamin A, which will saturate the skin with moisture from the inside out. Like water, it hydrates you throughout, and the results are glowing skin that is supple to the touch.

Bananas
Easy to transport and eat, bananas provide a bevy of benefits including Vitamin B complex, which not only increases its ability to moisturize, but to smooth the skin. This helps curtail unsightly dry patches and flakiness that moisturizers cannot.

Dried Apricots
One of the only ways to get iron from a fruit is to eat dried apricots. These tasty beauties will help diminish dark circles that appear under the eyes, and provide an overall even skin tone.

Regular Apricots
Before they are left out to dry to provide you with a regular dose of skin-evening iron, regular apricots are a terrific source of beta-carotene, which can reverse the effects of over exposure to sunlight.

Kiwi
A perfect source of Vitamin C, Kiwi can reverse the signs of aging due to stress or smoking, knocking a couple of years off of your appearance, no matter how you slice it. Its delicious make-up is also a great source of hydration for dry or itchy skin.

Papaya
This delicious tropical fruit zaps free radicals from the skin, allowing its elasticity to remain intact, which contributes to a tightened face that looks full of life.

When in doubt, look to brightly colored fruits to contribute to your youthful complexion, and be sure to stay as hydrated as possible by adding water to your diet, in addition to these beautiful fruits. There is not a single fruit that is bad for you, unless it’s poisonous! So eat as much of it as you can to reap the benefits throughout your body. The healthier your overall body is, the more your skin will show it, especially where your face is concerned. The result of eating more of the fruits listed above is healthy, younger looking skin, and we could all use a little more of that!